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Command-line interfaces are having a moment, and the great MacWhisper transcription app is here for it. MacWhisper CLI has arrived, giving Mac users a new way to run AI transcription workflows from the Terminal.

Apple vice president Oliver Schusser, who leads Apple Music, was recently interviewed by Billboard and had some interesting things to share about Apple Music, lossless audio, and more.

Star City is a new space-race thriller series coming to Apple TV next month, and the full trailer has just dropped.

Last year’s charger trend was the built-in retractable cable. It seemed like overnight, every charger had one. But now, there seems to be a new growing trend in the charging market: diagnostic displays. I have seen more and more chargers add small LED or LCD displays to show simple stats like charging speeds. The nerd in me absolutely loves this. The fact that I no longer need a separate tool to test out charging speed claims has been great. The latest charger to join this trend is Satechi’s new ChargeView 140W charger. It does what you expect from a high-end desk charger, like charge up to four devices via USB-C, and it, of course, adds a display, but it does much more than just give you the charging speed. Here is what you should know!

Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro Max is expected to be thicker than the iPhone 17 Pro Max due to increased depth around the camera plateau. YouTuber Vadir Yuryev behind the Max Tech channel shared numbers based on iPhone 18 Pro Max dummy units. Yuryev also compares an iPhone Ultra dummy unit to iPhone 17 Pro Max.

The first F1 Grand Prix in the United States of the this season takes place May 3 in Miami. Ahead of that, Apple is rolling out a detailed Apple Maps experience with immersive 3D landmarks, racetrack details, navigation information, and more.

A new report from Bloomberg adds fresh details to Tim Cook’s town hall at the Steve Jobs Theater, following Monday’s CEO transition announcement. Here are the details.

Apple picked up two wins at this year’s Webby Awards, which will hold its ceremony on May 11, recognizing work across apps, video, and digital media. Here are the details.

The industry-wide supply chain issues continue to hit prospective Apple customers looking to buy new Macs. Today, the base model $599 M4 Mac mini with 256 GB storage is now completely out of stock at the Apple Store. That means Apple won’t let you order it at all, simply stating it is “currently unavailable” for delivery.

In fact, the situation is actually more dire. It turns out any M4 Mac mini with 256 GB storage is now in the same boat, regardless of RAM configuration. (Third-party retailers aren’t faring much better: Amazon only has M4 Pro Mac minis on sale now).

With the new Live Chats feature, Threads users can join public, real-time group conversations built around major live events. Here are the details.

iOS 26.4 recently brought two new updates for how you can customize the Liquid Glass design on your iPhone.

iOS 26.4.2 is available now as the latest iPhone update, and it includes a key security fix that ensures deleted notifications can’t be retrieved or restored later.

Pioneer was first to bring Apple CarPlay to existing cars in 2014, and now the company is pulling off another CarPlay first. The new Pioneer Sphera is the first system with aftermarket Dolby Atmos support, and it’s now shipping.

Apple TV’s acclaimed crime thriller Criminal Record is officially back for season 2, with a London bomb plot at the center of the new arc. Here are the details.

OpenAI launch week continues today with the introduction of workspace agents in ChatGPT.

Apple has released a new version of GarageBand for Mac. The new version finally includes an app icon optimized for macOS Tahoe.

Apple has just released a new software update for iPhone users. iOS 26.4.2 is here and ready to install, here’s what’s new.

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Apple’s upcoming Siri overhaul got a moment of stage time during Google’s  Cloud Next ’26 opening keynote today.

XChat, the standalone messaging app from X, now has a new release date. X’s new iPhone and iPad app will arrive this week.

After exclusively sharing details with 9to5Mac last September on ModStealer, a cross-platform infostealer invisible to every major antivirus engine at the time, Mosyle, a leader in Apple device management and security, is back with two more macOS threats that are flying completely under the radar.

In new details again shared with 9to5Mac, the Mosyle Security Research Team says it has identified two previously undetected samples: Phoenix Worm, a cross-platform stager, and ShadeStager, a modular macOS implant built for credential theft. The two aren’t directly connected in how they work, but together show just how sophisticated Mac malware is getting.

Last year Apple made the base iPhone 17 extremely compelling, in part due to display upgrades like ProMotion. But rumors about the iPhone 18 indicate it could regress in minor ways to be more like Apple’s budget ‘e’ model.